About this book
Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls by Helen Ekin Starrett is a warm, persuasive companion for young women poised to leave home and meet life’s duties and trials. Drawing on her experience as a teacher, mother, and guide, Starrett organizes plainspoken letters that address behavior and manners, self-control and self-culture, aims in life, personal habits, conversation, friendship, tact, and religious duty. Her late 19th-century voice blends practical advice with philosophical reflection, offering moral education rooted in religious culture while anticipating psychological insights about habit, character, and influence.
This non-fiction collection reads as a primer in etiquette and ethical formation: clear, compassionate, and occasionally stern, it reflects Victorian-era expectations while supplying timeless guidance on presence, purpose, and personal growth. Starrett’s “little sermon” for school girls complements the letters with direct counsel on duty and devotion, making the work as much about inner cultivation as outward grace.
Ideal for listeners interested in historical self-improvement, philosophy of character, Christian ethics, educators, parents, or anyone curious about Victorian advice literature, this audiobook offers enduring lessons in manners, mind, and moral psychology.
